Adjustable neckwear.



INVENTOR EOPE WCOOPER ATTORNEYS L, danil of @the en.

wf'wm may ooi-wem: Be i'; roown "ehai: 37., Geenen "W1 yGoor-ne, citizen of eige Uniied Seies, and :i resi- 'Qy of New York, borough of Brooklyn, in ehe oouny of 7i; nge and Siete of New York, have inveniled e new and iinproverl Adjustable'Neelrweer, oi which #he :following is e foil, clear, and exact descripion.

This invenion relates to adjustable neck-l weer in 'she dass o3? ei'eles oi' apparel, and primarily the invention eonsiss in the provision of an improved coller or neokhend having e novel arrangement of bui'onholes to pe'rmiiJ the apparel to he properly adjuste to `bhe neck of l#he wei rer before end liter ehe same has been laundered, `thus providing sgr-inse tightening of 1bhe neokhand or colle. due to shrinking and also against enlarging thereof diie to streiehing.

Speoiiioelly, she invention consists in providing coller lor ned-:band in piece of the usual longiudinai buiionhole or slit, with o phlreiity, preferably two inoiiiieci or (iiagoneiiy arranged hutonholes slanted in the direction toward. which serein is exerted, #nos providing an adjustment which will obi/iste ehe necessity of making quarter size collars and which will. permi e nook bend to properiy iit the neck, to hold e collar iirni in piece et eil iimes.

With the ehove and other ohjeeis in view, the 1lieven/Lion resides riore particularly in the peculiar oombinaiion and arrangement of peres which vriil he illustrated as a preferred emiooclirnenil in the accompanying drovvings and described in the specification.

Referenee is io be had so she accompanying' drawings forming o pare of this speciiiozition, in which similar characters of erence indicarse Corresponding parts in both the views, and in 'Which- Figure l is a. perspective View of eoiler provided with bnitonholes in accordance wih the invention; Fig. 2 is a simiiiir View of o fragmentary portion of n shirt haring its neckbond also equipped with saifi errangeinent of hntonlioles; :md'Figx isA a foce .ieiv of o. neelrliend opened oui :mii showing the reisivepositions oi' the olri syle huttonhoies and my improved arrangemeniv of hut'onhoies.

ln l of the drawings the invention. is shown :is applied to e collar l0, saine having the usual rear buttonhoie l anni front bnionhole l2 formed in the usuel n... .Non

oelringg eireneion ereting exiension le, in iieo. or being erovided with the neue .longitudinal or horizonei buionhoieor siii, is provided with e piuroliiy, preferably two, inolinecl or diegoneily extended buttonholes or openings i5. in practice ldiese openings are spaced speri. one-quarter of en inch end when stitched give en adjustment of practically three--ei-ghshs of an inch, thus taking the piece of querier size coilers and eiiniinaiing sereinaiue *to sirinking from iauniiering.

.in devices eonsrucel Wih e sonievvhaiJ eionge'eoi bottonhole exe/ended rlengtiiwise of the materiel, provided with inermediate hars formeel by cross stitohin s, the bars become broken and are therefore objectionabie, While'in the evenil or" providing spaced vertically extending openings, pull thereon tends io spread 'die opeiings end stretch `the inezeriai on the bias, io hunch the materie-l and preveni. eoeonipiishmeni; of 'the adjustment fee-Lure desired to be obtained. in the present invention by placing the openings diagoneliy, e ooiler or neckband is designed ie oernii; greater serein than is permitted by she usoei butizonhole arrangenions end #ghe louilonhoies are prevented -from spreading when strain is exerted thereon. Also, by reason of ehe fece that the bu'tionholes are extended fiiegonaily or slant in the direction vin which srein is exerted, the shank of the burton will se ali times lie ai, ehe hotiie eeen-s copiustmen' permanent and unqualified.

in 2 of she drawings e fragmentary portion 16 of a shirt is illustmsecl, provided with the usuel neck ban i i?" having the rear 'outonhoie or opening i8, and at one side or" ihe front. pori-ion :i huronhole i9 corresponiiing so the openings il 2 heretofore desoriiiecin The neck'osnol at ihe opposiie side ofthe iront opening; is provided iviih :i 'ieeir of diagonally erzienflefi or inclined openings 2O simiiar to the orieni s i5, thus providing for the' adjustment oi me neeir henri 'proper' neck oit the wearer. The sesion also wirchiising e shirto'oriees 't e.. neoiroinfi which is too iergfiysimply necessity of h uvin o Y F9 to secure he 2 i ier iioziy or ,'ioe verso, and the neckoend may lie adjusted to secure o perfeot uit before emi after the apparsi is laundered..

The contenion 2night be presented that ihero being two bntioniioios on one side n. ehe e Sify/ie bwtiennoe the mieli is exerted et the fer end of "che buztenhee while the diagonal arrangement se divides the stzx that tWO-tnis of: the pun is f erted at the {meer} of the buteinhoe m16; elue-thd et ehe near or inner end, thus efeetuely preveneg; the' buttonholes rom tearing ami permtng the heles to be eut in Having Heus chimes new and tem Patent ist` l l L A 'fabric neck-encircling article ef ap pee having overleppe end. portions, one seid end portions being provde Wh ebuttenhoe and the other end' peren being prmfded Wifeh inclined buoehelee spaced epejv; "m mee 'felation m slanted im the {iiectm in "which Swain s exerted thereon.

2. A Lexbe and 'Washable article of Heek- Wem having e wem button engaging member eopemting butenho'les at its end *pern tiene., certain of seid 'buttenhoes being epaee apart in Shsankelly peme fehtem and efdene degonay O the length ef the mtce in the deeton in which strain is exercef thereon.

Km testimony wheeof have signed my name to ble epeelcehen m the presence of "me subscribing Wmeeeee.

WASHlNGTO COEER.

" "tneesesz JOHN Ebwm BUHGH, Pleine D. ReLmmUe. 

